Fixing Cant on Rear leaf sight

themoose06 · Sep 23, 2016

Cousin picked up an AK since he lives in virginia, we noticed there's slight cant on the rear leaf sight. If you press from the left side with your finger you can align the sight properly. When you let go it goes slanted again. How should he/we fix this?

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Magnumite · Sep 23, 2016

Remove the sight pivot pin. Examine for bent pin, pin hole in sight, or pin hole in sight base not aligned perpendicular to bore centerline

lee2 · Sep 23, 2016

Put a scope on it.

kalister1 · Sep 23, 2016

Remove the sight. Carefully measure the pin and holes in base and sight. You may have to ream the holes and install a larger diameter pin to stiffen it up?

yellowsled · Sep 23, 2016

May need to get a new rear sight if it was not milled correctly. easy fix

themoose06 · Sep 23, 2016

He'll probably take it up with century. It was imported through them, maybe they'll send a replacement sight and he can send back the defective. Thanks for the feedback, if century doesn't fix it, he can probably come up with his own fix. Like I said, when you press from the left on the leaf sight top piece you can align it straight. I'll keep you updated.

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themoose06 · Sep 29, 2016

Alright. Heres how the leaf sight looks.

Looks to me like that top knob is slightly shorter than the bottom

The assembly itself looks fine

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yellowsled · Sep 29, 2016

id spend the $20 and get a new leaf sight. That one doesn't look good.

AssMan · Sep 29, 2016

I've got an AK with the same issue. I've just ignored it as I'm running an optic anyway.

ken792 · Sep 29, 2016

The AK rear sight doesn't ride on a pin. The ramp itself has little nub trunnions that sit in the rear sight block like a cannon.

If there is enough slop for you to move it left and right, then it's definitely an issue that he should send the rifle back for. If it doesn't move, don't worry about it. It's actually a very common problem with AK rear sights. On the three Romanian AK's that I've owned, none of them had a rear sight ramp sitting straight in the rear sight block. None of them have straight gas blocks or front sights either. Even the trunnions do not look like they're riveted straight or square inside the receiver. It's almost as if they intended the AK to have as few critical dimensions as possible. The bolt carrier just kind of crashes the bolt into the trunnion. My least aligned AK still shoots fine at 300yd with irons.

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